February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Sfi":
National: 14 Feb 12
A man held in custody in Gothenburg, in western Sweden, has reported the detention centre to authorities after it took two hours for toilet paper to be delivered to his cell.
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Society: 11 Feb 12
Two-thirds of newly appointed bosses in 2011 were men, according to a survey of Sweden's eight largest management recruitment companies presented in Swedish media.
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National: 31 Jan 12
Sweden's Migration Board said Monday it was temporarily suspending all deportations to Syria due to the worsening violence in the country as president Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown continues.
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Business & Money: 27 Jan 12
A Swedish language preservation network has blasted plans by the "Twin Cities of Sweden" to market their common metropolitan area using the name of a small town in central Texas in the United States.
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Business & Money: 23 Jan 12
Swedish consumers were less satisfied in their relation to companies, organizations, and government agencies in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report.
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National: 13 Jan 12
As postal workers assigned to the Malmö district of Seved feel too threatened to carry out their duties, the residents themselves will now have to deliver their own post.
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Science & Technology: 13 Jan 12
Two small children who sought treatment for facial injuries at two different Swedish hospitals ended up having their eyes glued shut by mistake, with one toddler requiring emergency surgery to correct the error.
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Politics: 2 Jan 12
Following continued bad results in polls for the Social Democrats, party member and former minister Ylva Johansson in her blog on Sunday criticized both the party and leader, Håkan Juholt, for the low confidence of voters.
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Business & Money: 30 Dec 11
A suspected gang of washing machine thieves is believed to be behind a wave of appliance pilfering from student housing laundry rooms in in Luleå in northern Sweden.
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Education: 29 Dec 11
Many of Sweden's municipalities fail to place newly arrived immigrants in Swedish language classes within the time frames stipulated by law, a new investigation has found.
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National: 27 Dec 11
Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday by an Ethiopian court for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally.
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National: 24 Dec 11
A man accused of kicking his mother-in-law to death was acquitted on a murder charge by a Swedish court on Friday, but found guilty of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter.
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National: 21 Dec 11
Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were found guilty of supporting a terrorist group by an Ethiopian court on Wednesday, in a ruling which Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said was cause for "grave concern".
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Politics: 18 Dec 11
Support for Sweden's Green Party rose to 12.3 percent, yet another record-high result, while the Social Democrats hit a new low in research institute Sifo's December poll.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 11
There are still questions surrounding some important points in the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management's application for final disposition, concluded an international expert group.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper.
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Society: 25 Nov 11
Immigrant women in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta are using language lessons and handicrafts to stitch together an alternative Christmas market experience for the entire Swedish capital, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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National: 19 Nov 11
A Swedish military unit has come in for criticism after a number of safety violations were revealed, including a soldier being hit in the head by a grenade shell and a grenade launcher being fired inside the soldiers' own barracks.
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Politics: 19 Nov 11
Sweden welcomed the new EU budget agreement reached on Saturday, which will lower Sweden's EU fee by 300 million kronor ($45 million) compared to the government's original estimates.
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Sport: 16 Nov 11
England's footballers finally ended their 43-year hoodoo against Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday, with a 1-0 friendly win.
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National: 10 Nov 11
A 44-year-old woman and her son have been convicted for raping the family's underage daughter over a period of several years. The children were made to believe that sex between siblings was "normal".
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
The endless push to be something greater, somewhat better, someone with more power, has gone too far, leaving a Swedish society full of discontented young adults, Andreas Jonsson argues.
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Science & Technology: 22 Oct 11
Swedes are among the most dissatisfied customers in the EU when it comes to their mobile phone operators.
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Education: 11 Oct 11
Despite major investments in foreign student recruitment, Lund University has attracted barely half of the tuition-paying students it hoped would enroll.
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Society: 10 Oct 11
Swedish military officials have hailed as a “milestone” the fact that new female recruits can now be issued bras in accordance with recommended guidelines.
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Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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Science & Technology: 10 Oct 11
As growing numbers of Swedes choose private healthcare, The Local's Clara Guibourg explores what's behind the trend and what it could mean for the quality of Sweden's public healthcare system.
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National: 30 Sep 11
The Swedish Migration Board is set to launch a new programme to cut processing times for immigrants seeking to come to the country on working visas, by allowing major companies to handle the process.
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Sport: 29 Sep 11
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic starred on his injury comeback as he inspired AC Milan to a 2-0 victory over Czech minnows Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday to keep them on the heels of cup-holders Barcelona in Champions League Group H.
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Politics: 12 Sep 11
The Swedish minister who at the weekend said that no money would be coming to victims who suffered abuse while in foster care has opened to further talks on the issue following pressure from the opposition.
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Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is facing file sharing allegations after an anti-piracy company traced films that had appeared on filesharing site The Pirate Bay to an IP address at the Institute.
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Society: 6 Sep 11
A dentist in Halmstad in western Sweden called off an operation to remove a patient's wisdom tooth citing personal problems, despite having already made an incision in the woman's gum.
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National: 2 Sep 11
Sweden’s juvenile offenders are increasingly sentenced to community service rather than juvenile detention or paying fines, according to an assessment by the National Council.
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Education: 29 Aug 11
The government’s offer of performance-based bonuses to immigrants who learn the Swedish language in less than a year has failed to produce results, according to a new report.
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National: 23 Aug 11
Of the 4,000 people who’ve arrived in Sweden since December 2010, Sweden's Employment Service has only been able to find work for ten, according to a new report, which cites the availability of housing as a major hurdle.
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Society: 19 Aug 11
A family of Danish tourists has demanded compensation after a disappointing visit to a Swedish wildlife park which featured elk which were "too small".
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Science & Technology: 30 Jul 11
A new archaeological examination of Ales stenar, a massive stone relic perched atop a cliff in southern Sweden, has sparked a heated crossfire between scientists about the origins of the famed stone ship.
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Business & Money: 28 Jul 11
Staff at the Ikea-owned Swedwood factory in Danville voted on Wednesday with a large majority in favour of signing a collective bargaining agreement, ending a often bitter three year struggle.
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National: 23 Jul 11
A majority of Swedes, 60 percent, want to arrange their own salary raises through individual negotiations with their boss, shows a survey published Friday.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 11
Ten banks in Sweden, Norway and Finland passed European Union stress tests, their financial regulators announced on Friday.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Anti-abortionists from a youth movement are recruiting children by asking them to sign a petition to get a glass of juice, according to a Swedish media report.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Jul 11
While Swedish classes for immigrants are all well and good, the best way to acquire Swedish fluency and boost integration is to encourage immigrants to enter the labour market as soon as possible, argues linguist Sandra Ljung.
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National: 11 Jul 11
A three year-old girl lost her finger in a water slide at at a camp site in Boden in in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media.
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National: 6 Jul 11
Swedes are getting less satisfied with their jobs. Many feel that their competence isn't being utilised, that they have insufficient education, or that they are unable to affect their work duties, according to Swedish customer satisfaction experts.
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Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Swedish government suffered another setback in the Riksdag on Friday, when the Sweden Democrats voted with the centre-left opposition parties to force through its proposal by a single vote.
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Society: 20 Jun 11
The female principal of a middle school in Stockholm has reported a 15-year-old boy to the police for sexual molestation after he grabbed her behind.
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Politics: 17 Jun 11
Enterprise minister Maud Olofsson plans to resign from her position as leader of the Centre Party, according to Swedish media reports.
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National: 10 Jun 11
A 23-year-old man accused of raping and murdering Elin Krantz near a Gothenburg tram stop in September last year has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the crime.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Jun 11
The best way to boost employment levels among Sweden's foreign-born is by reducing wages for low-paying jobs, argues Jenny von Bahr, author of a report on the subject commissioned by liberal Swedish think tank Timbro.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 11
The news that Denmark has recently banned Marmite caused widespread panic among British ex-pats there, leaving UK native and Marmite lover Tim Harvey wondering whether the decision may have even more far-reaching consequences.
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Society: 27 May 11
Swedes are the most content among Europeans when it comes to a number of factors related to people's sense of well-being, a new OECD report shows.
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Society: 22 May 11
Ambulance and emergency response provider SOS Alarm is being pushed to reach higher profits despite several cancelled contracts and increasing dissatisfaction with the company.
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Lifestyle: 20 May 11
Featuring the likes of Misty Muffdiver and Vix Viking, roller derby is in the midst of a renaissance in Sweden, where camaraderie and image are just as important as inflicting maximum pain on your opponent, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Business & Money: 13 May 11
The chairman of Swedish pensions insurance firm AMF is leaving his post after the firm's owners took exception to his tax affairs.
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Business & Money: 11 May 11
Sweden has moved a step closer to toughening its arms export laws to make it harder to sell to dictatorships, following a deal struck between the Social Democrats and the parties of the centre-right Alliance government.
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National: 10 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency is refusing to recognise a DNA-test as proof that a man born in Sierra Leone is the father of a son, despite the National Board of Forensic Medicine assertion that it is 99.999 percent certain of his paternity.
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Business & Money: 23 Apr 11
Suppliers to beleaguered Swedish carmaker Saab have reported that they will be forced to start laying off staff if there is no decision by the European Investment Bank to approve the sale of real estate by the end of this weekend.
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Society: 12 Apr 11
In the middle of Sunday service a man jumped up on the altar in a Hässleholm church in southern Sweden and began preaching his own faith in English.
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Society: 20 Mar 11
A Swedish man has reported a charcuterie to the consumer agency after finding too much meat in the sausages.
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Politics: 16 Mar 11
The Swedish government has failed to adhere to a decision by the country's Parliamentary Ombudsman banning the use of English in email addresses.
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Education: 9 Mar 11
Newly arrived immigrants should be required to sign up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course within a year of their arrival in the country, according to a government inquiry published on Wednesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Mar 11
The Swedish Social Democrats' selection of a replacement for outgoing party leader Mona Sahlin has turned into the most acute crisis in the party's history, political scientist Nicholas Aylott explains.
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Society: 7 Mar 11
An increasing number of Swedes are appealing benefits claims that have been denied by the country's social insurance agency.
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Business & Money: 4 Mar 11
Sweden has completed the auction of its 800 MHz bandwidth, paving the way for three telecom firms to expand their mobile broadband services.
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Society: 2 Mar 11
Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Björn Hurtig is under investigation by the Swedish Bar Association following accusations made by a British judge during the WikiLeaks founder's extradition trial.
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Business & Money: 22 Feb 11
Less than 17 percent of participants in the Swedish labour market job coach scheme gain a regular job after receiving help, a report published on Tuesday showed.
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Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey.
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Politics: 5 Feb 11
A local Sweden Democrat politician from Eslöv in southern Sweden is set to attend Swedish language classes after repeated complaints from fellow council members that they can't understand him.
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Business & Money: 31 Jan 11
Japanese carmaker Subaru has announced its desire to start making vehicles in Sweden, possibly at a vacant Saab Automobile facility in western Sweden's Trollhättan.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jan 11
A passenger on an overnight train traveling to Gothenburg from northern Sweden was shocked to discover some unexpected company in his bunk.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jan 11
While Sweden’s health system now delivers care to 90 percent of patients within prescribed time limits, social affairs minister Göran Hägglund believes too many Swedes are forced to wait too long for the care they need.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt for the year began on Saturday, with nine wolves out of the allotted annual quota of 20 shot by 1pm, as protesters set off fireworks at a hunting area in Dalarna.
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Lifestyle: 14 Jan 11
Sweden’s last official sex education film became a hit in XXX-cinemas around the world. Four decades later, it's time for the sequel, but the new film probably won't enhance Sweden's reputation for sin, The Local's Ben Kersley reports.
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Society: 12 Jan 11
Sweden has appointed a special elderly care coordinator to help address deficiencies in healthcare and other services the country provides its older residents.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 11
Few experiences in life are more leveling than a language class, where people’s previous identities are mysteriously replaced by characters and coping mechanisms worthy of a Swedish crime drama, explains contributor Lola Akinmade.
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Politics: 10 Jan 11
Sweden's childcare allowance, strongly promoted by the Christian Democrats as a way to help parents who wish to spend more time at home with their young children, has been a fiasco, according to a previously unreleased report.
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National: 16 Dec 10
A 25-year-old man suspected of killing and dismembering a couple from the Båstad area in western Sweden was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for murder, manslaughter and disturbing the peace of the dead.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As Sweden struggles to come to grips with the suicide bomb attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday, Sweden-based Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil argues that the defence of freedom involves raising questions rather than throwing bombs in retaliation.
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National: 15 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains in a London prison even after a British court decided to grant him bail on charges of rape and molestation after Swedish prosecutors challenged the ruling.
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National: 14 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison despite being granted conditional bail earlier on Tuesday after lawyers acting for Sweden said they would challenge the ruling.
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Politics: 13 Dec 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt believes that everyone should take "very seriously" the message urging more people to commit acts of violence in the audio file that news agency TT received on Saturday.
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Business & Money: 10 Dec 10
Swedish television and internet company Com Hem is up for sale and expected to fetch 13 billion ($1.89 billion) to 18 billion kronor, according to media reports.
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National: 7 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody by London court on Tuesday after he vowed to fight extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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Society: 7 Dec 10
A Swedish couple's recent attempt to spice up their sex lives went horribly wrong, putting the man in hospital and his girlfriend in handcuffs.
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Society: 6 Dec 10
Swedes are losing faith in national rail service SJ, according to a recent consumer satisfaction survey. Meanwhile, results for airlines and bus companies are up.
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Sport: 6 Dec 10
Swedish football player Dulee Johnson of Stockholm side AIK was cleared of charges relating to the alleged rape of a woman earlier this year.
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Business & Money: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's Apoteket and Systembolaget were rated highest by their customers, according to a new measurement of retail outlets gauging customer satisfaction.
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Sport: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's Robert Karlsson denied England's Ian Poulter back-to-back titles on the European Tour when he won the $7.5 million (52.49 million kronor) Dubai World Championship after a thrilling playoff battle on Sunday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 10
While there are certainly benefits to positive thinking, Swedish feminist Jenny Sonesson argues that women might not have the right to vote today if suffragettes had been satisfied writing gratitude diaries.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 10
Sweden-based Saab Automobile showed off its new 9-4X at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday, hoping its first-ever crossover SUV will be a hit in the US market.
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National: 1 Nov 10
After 10 years of retirement savings under the Premium Pension Authority, only one percent of Swedes are very satisfied with their savings, a survey has found, while investment returns this year have lagged.
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National: 30 Oct 10
Two people were formally arrested by Swedish police on Saturday in connection with a bomb threat in Gothenburg, while vigilance continued to be maintained in the city.
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National: 29 Oct 10
About 50 extra police were sent to Malmö to help hunt for a suspected gunman targeting immigrants, the police chief in the southern Swedish city said on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 25 Oct 10
Nearly one in four Swedes who use mobile broadband has complained to the provider about the service received, according to findings from the Swedish Quality Index.
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Education: 22 Oct 10
A school in Linköping in central Sweden has reported an incident to police that culminated in a student using his mobile phone to film the attempted suicide of another boy at the school.
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Science & Technology: 12 Oct 10
The prosecution in the appeals trial of three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay demanded that the defendants' one-year prison sentences be upheld.
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Society: 12 Oct 10
Three of four Swedes consider issues which address integration and immigration to be a contemporary Swedish problem, with four in ten sceptical of the experts on the issue, a new survey published on Tuesday shows.
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Business & Money: 9 Oct 10
A Northern Irishman who studied in a Swedish class for immigrants while unemployed has been ordered to repay nearly 200,000 kronor ($30,000) in benefits after incorrectly filling out a form.
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Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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